MITACS Programme with the University of Montreal for PhD students

The MITACS programme enables UNIL PhD students to complete a research stay of 3 to 6 months at the University of Montreal. All fields of research are eligible. A stay in an institution affiliated to the University of Montreal (e.g. HEC Montreal, Polytechnic School of Montreal) is not possible.

For such a research stay, a scholarship of 6,000 Canadian dollars is available, regardless of the length of the stay. In total, 5 scholarships are awarded to PhD students. Half of this sum comes from MITACS, a Canadian not-for-profit organisation, which has signed an agreement with the University of Montreal, and the other half from UNIL.

• No enrolment fee is payable to the University of Montreal 
• Exchange programme student status and access to student services
• Stay in one of the leading research universities in the world
• Most of the stay is financed by the scholarship

• Must be enrolled as a PhD student at UNIL and remain enrolled throughout the research stay
• Must have a research project and wish to benefit from the expertise of a researcher from the University of Montreal
• The curriculum attended at UNIL must allow the PhD student to stay at the University of Montreal for 3 to 6 months
• Must find a research professor at the University of Montreal who agrees to invite you and supervise your work:
  • contact your PhD supervisor at UNIL to see if he can put you in touch with a research professor from the University of Montreal
  • refer to the procedure to be followed to enable you to find a supervisor at the University of Montreal
• Payment of transport costs and living expenses (accommodation and food); these costs will be largely covered by the scholarship
• PhD students will be required to conclude a specific, separate agreement with the University of Montreal (provisions relating to intellectual property resulting from the research activities and the publication and development of such activities)
• Obligation to take out a group health insurance plan for the duration of the stay and to pay the premiums
• Compilation of a short report for the attention of Matthias Buess within 4 weeks after the end of the stay
• Completion of the application form online (see below)

The following schedule applies to a stay commencing in April 2020 at the earliest.

• Call for applications: 8 August 2019
• Deadline for submitting the application form: 1 October 2019
• Assessment process by the UNIL Research Commission: October 2019
• Forwarding the selected written applications to the International Affairs Office of the University of Montreal: end of October 2019
• Decision by MITACS: mid-December 2019

Please complete the application form and return it completed and signed by electronic means to Mr Matthias Buess.

• Please note that the commitment letter (form 8, lettre d'engagement pour le co-financement) must not be signed and there is no need to attach it to the application form. 
• The different forms can be completed either in French or in English.